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Get Lit!! Light-up Christmas Card Workshop

On November 14th, from 6:30 pm to 9:00pm, Come on down to the Wenatchee Valley Museum’s MakerSpace to learn how to make your Christmas Cards Pop!  Learn the basics of card circuitry and create three different Styles of Christmas cards that use LEDs and circuits.  With this knowledge, you will be able to make as...

NCW Audubon Society: Dr. Bruce Beehler

Respected ornithologist and author Dr. Bruce Beehler will lead a talk and give a slide show featuring his field work. Beehler is a research assistant of the Bird Division of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History. He co-led a survey on biological diversity in 2005 to the Foja Mountains in Papua where a...

Christmas Family Fun Day

Catch the holiday spirit at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center with family crafts and activities during Christmas Family Fun Day on Saturday, Dec. 1, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Museum staff and volunteers will lead several craft activities. There will be refreshments and Christmas music, and guests are welcome to browse through...

First Friday: Beauty of Bronze

Come see the Beauty of Bronze exhibit in the upstairs gallery. Beauty of Bronze is an annual collaboration between the Museum and Art on the Avenues to teach fifth-grade students from Wenatchee public schools about sculpture. This exhibit is a showcase of their work. Admission is free all day starting at 10:00 AM at the...

Wells House First Friday

Come check out the holiday decorations at the Wells House and see the recent renovations and new displays. Tours available of the first and second floors. Light refreshments will be served.  

Coyote’s Corner Free Art Class

William Wegman, an American artist best known for creating a series of compositions involving primarily his own Weimaraner dogs in various costumes and poses. Join us for a free art class on Saturday, December 8 and create Weimaraner art inspired by William Wegman. Children (4 to 11) and their guardians are encouraged to attend our...

Get Lit!!! Conductive Thread Workshop

On December 12th, from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm, come on down to the Wenatchee Valley Museum’s MakerSpace to learn how to incorporate circuitry into your sewing! Using batteries, LEDs, and conductive thread, you can create amazing crafts such as ornaments, bracelets and even patches that light up!     This class will be for ADULTS ONLY. ...

Wells House Holiday Tea

$35 members, $40 non-members Join us for our Holiday Teas at the beautifully restored Historic Wells House. These will be the first teas held at the Wells House since its major renovation. The house will be decorated in festive vintage early 1900s style for the season. Don your hats and gloves, bring your friends and...

Red Star Blue Star Defeats Spexman

Join us for a book reading of the new book, Red Star and Blue Star Defeats Spexman by Randy Lewis and William Layman. The presentation will be held at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, December 19th at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Culture Center. Books will be available for $15.00. Book signing to follow. The book was...

A Galapagos and Ecuador Natural History Photo Travelogue

Take a break from winter and join wildlife ecologist and photographer, John Winnie Jr. for an hour of exotic birds, wildlife, and wild places. We’ll take a virtual natural history of Galapagos National Park above and below the water, then we’ll head up into Equador’s Andean Highlands, a region known worldwide for its incredible birding...

First Friday

Admission is free all day starting at 10:00 AM at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center on the first Friday of every month, and hours are extended to 8:00 PM with light refreshments and snacks offered after 5:00 PM.

Coyote’s Corner Free Art Class

Free! Join us at the Museum for a free art class to create a colorful confectionary still life like American painter, Wayne Thiebaud. Children (4 to 11) and their guardians are encouraged to attend our monthly art lessons with Artist in Residence, Rick Adams. This free class will be held in Coyote's Corner. Classes are...

Farrell Family Adventures

Leavenworth’s Marlene and Kevin Farrell present a film they created while traveling with their two children via sailboat. The film highlights the advantages of raising children with an environmental ethic and sense of adventure. Program is free and open to the public. A $5 donation is suggested. Light refreshments will be provided along with a...

Martin Luther King Multicultural Fest

FREE The annual Martin Luther King Multicultural Fest will be held on Saturday, January 19 from 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center. This free event is held in celebration of the rich diversity of our region and sponsored by the Chelan County PUD and the City of Wenatchee’s...

Story of the Wanapum People by Rex Buck, Jr.

Rex Buck, Jr., 61, chief of the Priest Rapids Band of the Wanapum, discusses the impact of displacement on his tribe and his hope for renewed connections to the land among future generations of Wanapum Indians in this hour-long talk and slide show. Buck grew up near the Manhattan Project site at Hanford along the...

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